A&M football: Featherston hurts neck during practice

COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M defensive end Matt Featherston hurt his neck during practice Thursday evening and left the field on a stretcher, but it appears he’ll be OK.

Aggies coach Mike Sherman described using the stretcher as “very much a precautionary measure.”

“He was moving and everything was fine,” said Sherman, who described the injury as a neck strain. “When you have a neck injury, you’re going to take all precautions, but right now from what the doctors are saying he should be fine. He is going to be sore.”

Featherston, a senior, started all 12 games last year at middle linebacker, and this spring has been shifted to the hybrid “jack” position, in playing a mix of defensive end and linebacker.